03386oam 2200649I 450 991078103420332120151002020704.01-317-49102-51-315-71113-31-317-49103-31-322-45658-51-84553-765-310.4324/9781315711133 (CKB)2550000000011673(MiAaPQ)EBC1886908(MiAaPQ)EBC516761(Au-PeEL)EBL1886908(CaPaEBR)ebr10395241(OCoLC)898104134(OCoLC)958107222(Au-PeEL)EBL516761(OCoLC)768693653(FINmELB)ELB136287(UkCbUP)CR9781845537654(EXLCZ)99255000000001167320180706e20142009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe end all around us apocalyptic texts and popular culture /edited by John Walliss and Kenneth G.C. Newport1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Millennialism and societyFirst published by Equinox, 2009 an imprint of Acumen.1-84553-261-9 1-84553-262-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / John Walliss and Kenneth G.C. Newport -- Songs of fate, hope and oblivion: Bob Dylan's dystopianism and apocalyticism / Gary Baines -- End of the world music: is extreme metal the sound of the apocalypse? / Keith Kahn-Harris -- Babylon's burning: reggae, Rastafari, and millenarianism / Christopher Partridge -- Apocalypse at the millennium / John Walliss -- "The days are numbered": the romance of death, doom, and deferral in contemporary apocalypse films / Lee Quinby -- Making things new: regeneration and transcendence in Anime / Mick Broderick -- Selling faith without selling out: reading the Left Behind novels in the context of popular culture / Jennie Chapman -- "The shadow of the end": the appeal of apocalypse in literary science fiction / Roslyn Weaver -- An end times virtual "Ekklesia": ritual deliberation in participatory media / Robert Glenn Howard.The Apocalypse or end times are a recurrent theme within contemporary popular culture. The End All Around Us presents a wide-ranging exploration of the influence of the apocalypse within art, literature, music and film. The essays draw on representations of the apocalypse in heavy metal music, science fiction, disaster movies and anime. The book examines key apocalyptic texts, focusing on their relevance to today. It will be invaluable to all those interested in the religious and cultural impact of apocalyptic thought.Millennialism and society.Popular cultureReligious aspectsEnd of the worldPopular cultureReligious aspects.End of the world.202/.311.09bclNewport Kenneth G. C912265Walliss John1974-1064790UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910781034203321The end all around us3753147UNINA